Despite getting into the holiday spirit, frontman Chris Martin recently divulged to BBC’s Radio 1 that some “bad vibes” really took a hold of the band after they wrapped their monumental “Viva La Vida” tour last year.

“When we came back from America last time we had some bad stuff happening in our group,” Martin said.

Coldplay is currently putting the finishing touches on their fifth studio effort and it’s not without painstaking ambition, as Martin added: “We’re going for it. We regard this as our last big shot.”